Thursday, January 26, 2023

Seen

 There's a lot in the way we are seen.

I think that, before you know someone, you are likely to classify that person based on appearance. Such categories of course have connotations, not to mention subcategories. Some of these broad categories might include.

    - Goth/Emo/Teenager who genuinely believes that if they act like a vampire long enough they might get their parents to commit hari-kiri

        - Princess. (My mom uses this term a lot. From what I can tell it means someone (typically of the        non-male persuasion who expects to be treated better than my mom)

        - Fan of Wes Anderson

Of course, you may try to avoid this by dressing in a manner that avoids either immediate detection, or by making yourself appear in a way that is so singular that you are confident no one has ever done before (pink pigtails, green spandex shorts, tux top and a wheelchair for style). However, both of these fall into other niche categories we have. Such as 'Free spirit' 'Shy slacker' and 'Insane person'.

'Well, I'll just be myself' I hear some of you thinking. Cool. Good for you. However, you are your options, your local clothing store, your influences, your parents, your environment. And people will likely be able to discern some of these things by the way you present yourself to the world, especially if you do not put thought into how you are presenting yourself. 

And when they see you they might think of all the people they have seen before dressed just like you. The memories, thoughts and heartaches they laid before you ever came into this person's picture. 

Of course, that's all pretty shallow stuff. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. *I'd go up and talk to them! 

*I probably wouldn't if I thought the person was a genuine nazi. Or, if I did not want to talk to anyone that day.